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By Pat Sweeney
Apr 16, 2021 3:42 PM
Minnesota’s Department of Health is urging people returning to the state after travel – especially international travel – to self-quarantine and get tested for COVID-19 before resuming activity in the community.
This, after four Minnesotans tested positive for the so-called “Brazil” variant after staying at a hotel in Cancun, Mexico, between March 12
th and 23
On April 2
nd … the CDC issued a Level-four travel advisory urging Americans to avoid all travel to Mexico because of the very high level of transmission of COVID-19 in that country.
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MN Dept of Health release:
As health officials continue to report more cases of travelers becoming infected with COVID-19 variants, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is urging people returning to Minnesota after travel – especially international travel – to self-quarantine and get tested for COVID-19 before resuming activity in the community.
Who is Michael Osterholm?
Osterholm is an epidemiologist and the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota. The American epidemiologist was named a member of President Joe Biden s 13-member Transition Covid-19 Advisory Board in November 2020, according to reports.
According to his page on CIDRAP University of Minnesota, Osterholm is a Regents Professor, McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair in Public Health, Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, a professor in the Technological Leadership Institute, College of Science and Engineering, and an adjunct professor in the Medical School, all at the University of Minnesota. He also served as a Science Envoy for Health Security on behalf of the US Department of State from June 2018 to May 2019.